PS Plus August Game Catalog Adds HELLDIVERS 2, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
HELLDIVERS 2 joining the catalog alongside its Devoid of Liberty update gives the game's largest player base yet a free entry point into the live-service shooter, a pattern Sony has used to sustain engagement on older titles.
Key Facts
- Sony Interactive Entertainment announced the August 2026 PlayStation Plus Game Catalog additions on August 13, 2026.
- HELLDIVERS 2 launched on the Game Catalog on August 13, 2026 for PS5.
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance II and Vampire Survivors join the catalog on August 18, 2026.
- Hell is Us, Umamusume: Pretty Derby - Party Dash, Two Point Museum, Metro Exodus, and Dying Light 2 Stay Human arrive on August 25, 2026.
- The Classics Catalog adds Shin Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams for PS2 and Disney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire for the original PlayStation on August 18, 2026.
Reporting from 3 sources: 4Gamer.net, GAME Watch (Impress), Game Spark.
Sony Interactive Entertainment announced on August 13, 2026 the August additions to the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog, available to Extra and Premium tier subscribers. The cooperative action shooter HELLDIVERS 2, in which up to four players complete missions across planets overrun by insects and robots, launched on the service the same day. The announcement coincides with the release of the game's Devoid of Liberty update, themed around the squid-like mutant Illuminate faction. On August 18, the open-world RPG Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, set in 15th-century Bohemia, and the action game Vampire Survivors will join the lineup. August 25 brings Hell is Us, plus four additional titles: Umamusume: Pretty Derby - Party Dash, Two Point Museum, Metro Exodus, and Dying Light 2 Stay Human. The Classics Catalog, available to Premium plan subscribers, adds the PS2 title Shin Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams and the original PlayStation game Disney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire on August 18. All eight Game Catalog titles and two Classics Catalog titles were confirmed across multiple outlets.
The August 2026 Game Catalog lineup spans eight titles across three release dates, with HELLDIVERS 2 arriving immediately on August 13. The shooter, published by Sony Interactive Entertainment, is the catalog's headliner this month, and its addition coincides with the Devoid of Liberty update that introduces the Illuminate faction. Game Spark notes the game's popularity, citing a March 2026 report that put the total number of player deaths in its second year at roughly 9 billion.
The August 18 wave includes Kingdom Come: Deliverance II from publisher PLAION and Vampire Survivors from Poncle Limited, both arriving on PS5, with Vampire Survivors also on PS4. The August 25 wave adds Hell is Us from publisher 3goo, Umamusume: Pretty Derby - Party Dash on PS4, Two Point Museum on PS5, and Metro Exodus and Dying Light 2 Stay Human on both PS5 and PS4. The Classics Catalog, restricted to Premium subscribers, adds Shin Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams for PS2 and Disney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire for the original PlayStation on August 18.
- HELLDIVERS 2: PS5, available August 13
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance II: PS5, available August 18
- Vampire Survivors: PS5 and PS4, available August 18
- Hell is Us: PS5, available August 25
- Umamusume: Pretty Derby - Party Dash: PS4, available August 25
- Two Point Museum: PS5, available August 25
- Metro Exodus: PS5 and PS4, available August 25
- Dying Light 2 Stay Human: PS5 and PS4, available August 25
- Shin Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams: PS2 Classics Catalog, available August 18
- Disney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire: Original PlayStation Classics Catalog, available August 18
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 3 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.